Tahoe Spill

Posted: Tue 9:06 AM, Sep 12, 2006

California water regulators are proposing new equipment in lieu of fines to settle liability over last summer's sewer spill at Lake Tahoe. If approved next month by California's Lahontan Regional WaterQuality Control Board, the settlement would equal the value of aproposed 325-thousand dollar fine against those responsible for thespill. The device would allow utilities in the Tahoe-Truckee area tobypass leaking sewer lines during any future emergencies like theone that spewed an estimated 56-thousand gallons of raw sewage ontoa beach and into Lake Tahoe in July 2005. The spill occurred when contractors installing a private pier onTahoe's north shore accidentally pierced a buried sewer line. The accident closed a popular string of public beaches for atleast 10 days during the peak of tourist season.

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